Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of pain by socio-demographic and socio- economic indicators
| Male |
Female |
Both Sexes |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Pain % | Pain % | Pain % | |
| MARITAL STATUS | |||
| Currently Married | 83.1 | 31.5 | 58.9 |
| Never married | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| cohabitating | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Separated / divorced | 7.5 | 19.9 | 13.3 |
| Widowed | 5.9 | 44.6 | 24.1 |
| HIGHEST EDUCATIONAL LEVEL | |||
| No formal education | 38.7 | 59.3 | 48.4 |
| Less than primary school | 10.6 | 13.3 | 11.9 |
| Primary school completed | 14.2 | 9.9 | 12.2 |
| Secondary school (O&A levels) completed | 8.5 | 3.6 | 6.2 |
| High school (or equivalent) completed | 23.2 | 11.9 | 17.9 |
| College / university completed | 4.8 | 2.0 | 3.5 |
| JOB EMPLOYMENT | |||
| Public | 13.3 | 5.0 | 9.4 |
| Private | 6.0 | 2.1 | 4.2 |
| Self-employed | 73.8 | 86.3 | 79.7 |
| Informal employment | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.8 |
| INCOME | |||
| Q1 | 18.1 | 20.2 | 19.1 |
| Q2 | 18.8 | 20.3 | 19.5 |
| Q3 | 19.7 | 20.4 | 20.0 |
| Q4 | 20.9 | 20.6 | 20.8 |
| Q5 | 22.5 | 18.5 | 20.6 |
| WELL-BEING | |||
| Completely | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Mostly | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| Moderately | 25.6 | 21.6 | 23.7 |
| A Little | 43.0 | 43.7 | 43.4 |
| Not at all | 24.1 | 28.2 | 26.0 |